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Introduction to Microsoft Program Licensing Volume

Licensing

WAYS TO BUY A LICENSE

Full Packaged Product (FPP) With a New PC (OEM) Volume Licensing
Purchased from retailers Preinstalled on a new computer Purchased from resellers
Typically 1 box = 1 license
Advantages: Different programs to suit all kinds of
Advantages: Already installed organizations needing more than 5 licenses
Instant Often best value Advantages:
Every box contains the media OEM provides support Easier license management through the
Some support included
Disadvantages: VLSC (Volume Licensing Service Center)
Disadvantages: Cannot be transferred Easier SAM (Software Asset Management)
Expensive Not all products available Only 5 licenses needed to start a Volume
Can only use the version purchased Licensing agreement
Limited downgrade rights
To prove ownership, the owner must keep: Downgrade rights
To prove ownership, the owner must keep:
 The receipt  The receipt Re-imaging rights
 The original media/manuals  The original media/manuals
 The COA (Certificate of Authenticity)  The COA (Certificate of Authenticity)

PRODUCT USE RIGHTS

How a product may be used will vary by the product, its version AND the route through which the license was purchased:
 FPP usage rights are documented under the Retail License Terms and OEM usage rights are documented under the OEM License Terms.
Both are available to view here: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx
 Volume Licensing usage rights documented in the Product Use Rights document (PUR): http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/PUR.aspx

MICROSOFT LICENSING PROGRAMS PERPETUAL vs

The following factors need to be considered when choosing a Volume Licensing program: the size of the NON-PERPETUAL LICENSES
organization, whether perpetual or non-perpetual licenses are required, whether Software Assurance is With a perpetual license the
required, and whether the organization wants to standardize the software on all their PCs. organization owns the license and can
use the software throughout the term
of the Volume Licensing agreement
and forever afterwards.
With a non-perpetual license, like a
rental agreement, the organization can
only use the software throughout the
term of the Volume Licensing
agreement.
*Desktop Enrolment

ACQUIRING SUBSCRIPTION
LICENSES TO ONLINE SERVICES
Subscription licenses to Online Services
are non-perpetual.
Businesses with less than 250 PCs
SOFTWARE ASSURANCE can acquire subscription licenses
Software Assurance (SA) is included in many Microsoft Volume Licensing programs, and is an optional extra through the Microsoft customer
purchase in others. SA contains a range of benefits which provide technology, services and support to portals.
manage the software lifecycle. Examples include:
Businesses with more than 250 PCs
New version rights Home Use Program 24x7 Problem Resolution Support
Planning Services
can acquire subscription licenses
Windows 8 Enterprise eLearning
Technet Benefits through SA
through an Enterprise Agreement
Additional purchase rights Training Vouchers or an Enterprise Subscription
Typically, for Microsoft server products, SA costs around 25% of the license price for each year of coverage, and for Agreement.
Microsoft desktop PC–licensed products, it costs around 29% of the license price for each year of coverage.

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VOLUME LICENSING GENERAL PRINCIPLES

The different Volume Licensing programs differ by various factors (shown below).
There are several other reference documents in this series which explain the operational details
of each Volume Licensing program, but this document aims to highlight some key general
principles which you will encounter in Microsoft Volume Licensing.

AGREEMENT STRUCTURE
Some Agreements include Software Assurance,
and for others it is an optional extra purchase.
With some Agreements organizations need to split their
software requirements into the different pools and then tally
the points within each pool to find their relevant price level
(see below).

AGREEMENT LENGTHS
Some Agreements last 2 years, and others 3. Options available to the organization
at the end of the agreement will vary depending on whether the licenses are
perpetual or non-perpetual, and whether Software Assurance is included or not.

Start End
2 or 3 years Options at the end of agreement

Perpetual  Continue to use license for version purchased forever

Make additional purchases at  No option to purchase SA
License same price level  Start a new agreement to purchase licenses for new
Without SA versions

 Renew Software Assurance

Perpetual OR
License Make additional purchases at  Don’t renew SA, continue to use license for version
same price level purchased With the Agreements marked as “All PCs” on the Volume
With SA
 Start a new agreement for future purchases Licensing Options diagram on Page 1, organizations must
take Windows 8, or Office Professional Plus 2010, or a CAL
Non-  Renew agreement
Perpetual Make additional purchases at OR Suite for every eligible desktop.
same price level  Buy-out to convert licenses to perpetual
License
With SA
OR These products are known as “desktop platform products” or
 Un-install software
“enterprise products”.

CAL SUITES
It can be advantageous for organizations to buy their CALs in suites. The two CAL suites are Core CAL Suite and Enterprise CAL Suite, and contain the
following CALs:

Windows Server CAL System Center Operations Manager

Everything in Core CAL Suite, plus:
Exchange Server Standard CAL CML
SharePoint Server Standard CAL Windows Rights Management System Center Data Protection
Services CAL Manager CML
Lync Server Standard CAL
Exchange Server Enterprise CAL System Center Service Manager CML
Microsoft System Center Configuration
Manager Client Management License (CML) SharePoint Server Enterprise CAL Forefront Protection Suite SL
System Center Endpoint Protection SL Lync Server Enterprise CAL Forefront Unified Access Gateway CAL

Refer to the Microsoft Product List to see which products are available through which Microsoft Volume Licensing programs:
http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/PL.aspx
Refer to the Product Use Rights (PUR) document for information about the use rights for products currently offered under Microsoft Volume
Licensing programs: http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/PUR.aspx
Further Microsoft Licensing handouts and exams: GetLicensingReady.com

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